What is Simulation?

Medical emergencies are low-frequency, high-acuity events.
They are situations in which it is really important for providers to
get it right, but have very little time to do it right.
Simulation allows providers to manage those events, but their patient
is a manikin, a plastic stand-in for an actual patient. The
manikin and the scenario are real enough that the providers learn from
the simulation, even though no actual patient was involved.

When those providers are caring for an actual patient experiencing a
similar event, they provide better care because they have provided that
care before, in a simulation.